Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Quotes of the day

David Warren quotes a comment to his article on miracles (or rather the lack of signs and wonders).

“As far as signs and portents, … it is once again St John of the
Cross who grounded me as I was finding my way back to the Church. He
said God gave us our intelligence for a reason, and we should not be
petitioning Him for signs and wonders, not that God does not sometimes
give them, but we can so easily misinterpret them. So it is best to
leave them alone or take them to a spiritual adviser or let God clarify
them in His way and time. …
“One other good thing St John taught me is that faith is not feeling.”

I think I've seen two miracles in 36 years of practice, and about one a year get the impression in my heart that God wants me to do something (I was going to write "hear" but it wasn't hearing, but a small still voice). But many times in my life, I saw the "coincidences"...

No surprise there: They already do it in Belgium. Except in Belgium the kid has to be sick. Not so in this article:

... Abortions at an
early stage are the
best option, for both psychological and
physical reasons. However, if a disease has not been detected during
the pregnancy,
if something went wrong during the
delivery, or if economical, social or psychological circumstances change
such that taking
care of the offspring becomes an
unbearable burden on someone, then people should be given the chance of
not being forced
to do something they cannot afford.